Container.



H. A. STERN.

CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 1.1918.

Patented Dec. 31. 1918.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY FFFQE.

HARRY ABRAHAM STERN, OF YONKERS. NEW YORK.

CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

Application filed February 7, 1918. Serial No. 215,783.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY ABRAHAM STERN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Yonkers, in the county of Westchester, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Container; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to containers, of paper, board, leather, or other suitable material, and the object of the invention is to provide a container for goods of fragile character, which shall be of simple and economical construction, exceedingly strong, and may be very quickly produced.

The new container may be of packet form, or in the form of a box.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate variou forms and modifications, all of which embody my invention:

Figure l is a back perspective View of a packet made according to my invention; Fig. 2 is a plan of a blank for producing the container of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 illustrates the first stage of folding the blank; Fig. 4 illustrates the second stage of folding.

Fig. 5 is a plan of a blank like that of Fig. 1, and having a lining sheet resting thereon; Fig. 6 is a View like that of Fig. 3, with the lining sheet folded in at both sides; Fig. 7 is a view like that of Fig. 4, showing the lining locked in place; Fig. 8 is a plan of a blank for producing a box embodying my invention; Figs. 9, l0 and 11, are, respectively, a rear view, a front view and a side view of a box made from such a blank.

For making the packet form of container, I may use the blank of card-board or heavy paper shown in Fig. 2. It consists of a main or body portion, A, side-flaps a and a, bottom flap, B, and cover-flap, G. The bottom-flap has edge-tabs, b and 6, extending from the edges of that flap.

For making the box-like form of containcr, I may use the card-board or heavy paper blank shown in Fig. 8, having the usual intermediate panels, a and a F, If and b and G, as well as the tabs H, all as well known, in order to provide the sides of the box.

Referring to Figs. 2, 3 and 4:, the sidefiaps a and a are first folded (along the lines a: and so), so as to lie over the face the front of the main portion A. The coverflap is then folded down upon the side-flaps.

The bottom flap B, i then folded (along the line m so as to lie over and against the previously-folded side-flaps and cover-flap, G. The resulting position of the parts is that shown in Fig. 4, with the edge-tabs, b and 6, extending in both directions. These edge-tabs are then folded downwardly along the lines m and m and against the back of the body or main portion.

To secure the edge-tabs in place against the back of the main portion, I may employ a single strip or piece, D, of adhesive paper, or other material, running widthwise of the back and secured over both tabs as well as to the back between the tabs. Instead of one piece of adhesively secured material, there may be two, as D and D in Fig. 9, each piece connecting over one tab only with the back of the main portion A.

Referring to Figs. 5, 6 and 7, these illustrate a manner of providing the container with a sealing or water-proof lining of sheet material, such as waxed paper, merely by the act of folding the blank, and which results in locking the lining into place.

While I may use any shape of sheet material, I prefer a sheet of the kind shown in Fig. 5, and laid upon the blank. Such sheets consists of a body, E, and a bottom flap, e

The body is, at its main part slightly wider than the blank, and the flap e of the sheet overlie and is slightly narrower than flap B.

The side flaps, a and a, are folded as before; as a result, the edge portions (e and e) of the lining sheet are, as in Fig. 6, folded inwardly and underneath the side flaps. lVhen the bottom flap, B, is folded as before, it nicks or grips the flap 6 of the lining sheet, between the fiaps a, a'and B. As especially hown in Fig. 6, the bottom flap e of the lining sheet is wider than the body A when the side flaps are folded. The edge tabs 1) and b are (as before described) then folded down, and over and against the back of the container; this grips the two edge portions of flap e of the sheet between the edge tabs and the back of the packet. It will be seen, therefore, that the mere act of folding the blank, not only forms the lining sheet into a sack-like lining, but also grips or locks it, at a plurality of points, so that it cannot he accidentally or unintentionally withdrawn.

As before stated, the invention may be embodied in a box-like container. A blank.

for such purpose is shownin Fig, 8, and back, front and side views thereof are shown in Figs. 9, l0 and 11. ing the blank is as hereinbefore described.

The container devised by me is especially useful for goods of fragile character, such as cigars, cigarettes, chocolates, candy, etc. In the formation or folding of a package around arti les of fragile character, it is not permissible to put continued or suili- 'cient pressure upon the tabs, 6, b, to cause them, if glue or like adhesive alone is used, to stick to the back of the package. Therefore, I add'the adhesive strip over and upon the tabs and to the back of the main. por;

tion.

The side-flaps, a' and a, rest upon the fragile contents, and the top flap rests upon the side-flaps, and removably fits under- The manner of fold-- neaththe bottom flap, B, the whole making portion of "the container and meansadhesively secured over the said tabsand the backof the main portion, to hold the formed container in shape. In testimony whereof, I have name to this specification.

HARRY ABRAHAMSTERN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing, the Commissioner of Patents. v Washington. D. C." i

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